Snap-catch wall bracket assembly



June 13, 1961 E, SAXE 2,988,315

SNAPCATCH WALL BRACKET ASSEMBLY Filed Nov. 20, 1958 1N V EN TOR.

United States Patent www r. J w ,.lr .l. SNAP-CATCH W LLA BRACKETASSEMBLY Eliot Saxe, Albany, N.Y'.,`assignor to Saxe Brothers, Inc.,Albany,v N. Y., a corporation of New York Filed Nov. 20, 1958, Ser. No.775,284 Claims. (Cl. 248-223) invention relates to wall brackets forholding articles, having particular reference to a snap-catch assemblyof parts made of plastic materials, `and the provision of such articlesis the principal object of the invention.

A general object of the invention is the provision of such articles thatare economic of manufacture, simple yet sturdy and durable ofconstruction, in which the several assembly parts are separately moldedin dilerent colors, and in which the parts are readily assembled to besecured to any suitable wall surface.

More speciiically, it is an object of the invention to provide la wallbracket for holding articles comprising a snap-catch lassembly of partsthat includes a face plate having .spaced apart openings therein, and anarticle holding member overlying the openings in abutting relation withone side of the plate, Ithe member having resilient elements projectingfrom. its plate abutting side that terminate in hooks extending throughthe openings resiliently embracing adjacent portions of the platebetween the hooks and the abutting member in interlocking but removableand interchangeable snap-catch engagement with the plate.

Another specific object of the invention is to provide such articles asabove set forth, and wherein the several parts may readily bedisassembled, and in particular the `face plate land article holdingmembers, so that they may be interchanged with others of d-iierentconfiguration as well as others of the same or different colors.

Other objects of the invention will in part be obvious land will in partappear hereinafter.

The invention accordingly comprises lan article of manufacturepossessing the features, properties, and the relation of elements whichwill be exemplified in the article hereinafter described and the scopeof the application of which will be indicated in the claims.

For a fuller understanding of the 4nature and objects of the inventionreference should be had to the following detailed description taken inconnection with the accompanying drawing, in which:

FIG. 1 lis `an exploded perspective view illustrating an embodiment ofthe invention;

FIG. 2 is a front view of an assembled portion of FIG. l broken awaytherefrom; and

FIG. 3 is a sectional view taken .along the line 3-3 and looking in thedirection of the arrows.

IReferring more particularly to the drawing, there is indicatedgenerally at a preferred form of a wall bracket device comprisingelongated face plate 11 having a plurality of spaced apart and alignedopenings 12 therein. Such a face plate may readily be molded fromplastic material by a conventional injection process or -any othersuitable method and is preferably provided with integral resilientprojecting elements 13 that tenmiuate in hooks 14 directed toward eachother.

In order to secure the face plate readily into position there isprovided a pair of truncated conical members 14 likewise preferably madeof plastic material, each of which has coaxial openings 15 -therethroughto receive holding screws 16 whereby the same may be secured to a wallsurface 17. The truncated conical members 14 are provided with lateralflanges 18, each of which has oppositely disposed guide slots 19 toreceive the elements and hooks 13 and 14, respectively. When the angeportions 18 of the members 14 are brought into abutting Patented June13, 1961 ice relation with the rear surface of the face plate 11, thetapered hooks 14 will strike the flange portions 18 adjacent the slots19 and the plastic projection elements 13, being resilient, will bedeilected yas the hooks are deflected in opposite directions untilsuliicient pressure will cause the hooks to override the guide slots,whereby the parts are brought into interlocking snap-catch assembly sothat adjacent portions of the llanges will be embraced between the hooksand the plate. By suiciently spreading the hooks in opposite directionsthe parts can be disengaged with equal facility if desired.

On the opposite sides of the plate 11 are one or more article holdingmembers indicated `generally at 20 that are adapted to overlie theopenings 12 in abutting relation with one side of the plate. In order tohold them in position these members zare provided with similar resilientelements 21 projecting from the base plate abuo ting side and whichlikewise terminate in hooks 22 that may extend toward or away from eachother as desired. These members may likewise be brought into snap-catchassembly relation with the plate 11 by pushing or forcing the hooks 22through the openings 12 in order to embrace adjacent portions of theplate between the hooks and the abutting side of the mem-ber ininterlocking but removable snap-catch engagement with the plate.

Projecting from the exposed side of the member 20, and integraltherewith, are article holding members, preferably in the form of hooks23 to hold any suitable articles such as kitchen utensils, clothes, andthe like, when the entire assembly has been secured to a wall surfacesuch as 17. The article holding members 20 are :also preferably made ofplastic.

There is a distinct advantage in making all of the foregoing partsseparately in different colors so that they can be interchanged withparts of similar or different configuration as well as with parts of thesame or diierent colors and this lresults in considerable economy ofmanufacture and production.

Since certain changes may be made inthe above article and differentembodiments of the invention could be made without departing from thescope thereof, it is intended that all matter contained in the abovedescription or shown in the accompanying drawing shall be interpreted asillustrative and not in a limiting sense.

It is also to be understood that the following claims are intended tocover -all of the generic and specific features of the invention hereindescribed, and all statements of the scope of the invention which, as amatter of language, might be said to fall therebetween.

Having described my invention what I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent is:

1. In a wall bracket for holding articles, the improvement of asnap-catch assembly comprising a face plate having spaced apart openingstherein, and an article holding member having a base plate integraltherewith overlying said openings in abutting relation with one side ofsaid face plate, said base plate having elements integrally projectingtherefrom which terminate in resiliently opposed hooks extending throughsaid openings embracing adjacent portions of said face platetherebetween to hold said abutting member in interlocking but removablesnap catch engagement with said face plate, and means includingresiliently opposed top and bottom holding elements on said face plateadapted removably to secure said assembly to a wall surface retainingmember.

2. In an assembly as delined in claim 1, and further characterized inthat said means includes a. retaining member having lateral angesabutting the other side of said face plate, which plate likewise hassaid opposed top and bottom holding elements integrally projecting fromsaid other side that terminate in hooks resiliently embracing adjacentportions of said anges between said hooks and 3 face plate ininterlocking but removable snap'catch engagement therewith.

3. In an assembly according to claim 2, and wherein said anges haveoppositely disposed guide slots to engage Vsaid top 'and bottomresilient elements on said plate.

4. In an assembly according to claim 2, and wherein said retainingmember terminates in a truncated conical 'portion having a single`coaxial opening therein to receive a holding member, whereby to securethe same to a Wall surface. 5. In an assembly as dened in claim 1, andfurther UNITED STATES PATENTS 1,803,016 Harsted Apr. 28, 1931 2,060,760Keil Nov. 10, 1936 2,227,761 Roethel Jan. 7, 1941 2,805,777 Larson Sept.10, 1957

